Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC Mortgage Complaint

Conventional fixed mortgage Settlement process and costs

Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC Mortgage department,

Conventional fixed mortgage Settlement process and costs Texas

The Builder and I agreed to the purchase price of $420000.00 and the builder offered to give a - % incentive and Title fees ( Approx. $12000.00 ) towards the closing cost and title fees provided, I finance through their in-house lender, Universal American Mortgage Company. The Good faith estimate showed the $12000.00 credit but the interest rate charged was 4.25 %, whereas based on my credit score of -, I am eligible for interest rate of 3.75 %. The lender structured the loan by rolling the closing cost and title fee and increasing the interest rate by 0.50 %. ( Which is exactly equivalent to 3 % premium amount of the loan ). The lender is trying to recoup the incentive amount by increasing the interest rate. When I brought this up with the builder, he was not ready to listen to my argument and referred back to the contract. He also refused to return the earnest money of $4000.00 if I wish to cancel the contract. The Earnest money of $4000.00 was paid on -/-/2015 to the builder towards the property located at - - - -, - T- - and the purchase contract was executed on -/-/2015.


escalated to their management and to explain my rights of cancellation options. They never escalated anything to their management nor explained to me, either verbally or in writing my right to cancel the contract. Finally, on -/-/2015 - ( VP Sales ) contacted me at - -, I explained to him the whole situation and told him that even if I was to go with any other lender and ask them to structure my loan in a way that I do not have to come up with any closing cost out of my pocket, they would offer me the same loan that Universal is offering me, in other words I am not seeing any credit that - is promising me to pay. I also stated that if they can send me an email stating that the Entire incentive amount offered by - is being applied towards my closing cost and ; none of my funds whether in the form of cash or premium are being utilized on life of the loan? '' to this he responded by saying, that 'he is not obligated to do that since i have already signed the contract with them ', further he threatened me that I am in breach of the contract. - 's representative wasted time escalating to their management and now they are trying to hold me responsible. I was under the impression that once I get hold of any senior management person that person would listen to my concerns and help me, or at the least be courteous, however I was wrong ; instead Will was very rude on phone and threatened me.

Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC customer in Texas
Sep 28, 2015

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC response to complaint:
Closed with explanation

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